So following our departure from Kolmarden and Sweden, we escaped for a week on a Cruise that left from Rome but visiting four ports in Greece. This was all Kristen's idea as she had been learning about Greek mythology in school and wanted to check it out for herself. Upon returning to Rome we did some sightseeing and then spent a day working with Rainbow Magicland and Cinecitta World to do some filming at both parks. It was a whirlwind quick visit to those parks, but still very fun! We will close out this trip report with a few cruise photos (Honestly didn't take THAT many pics as the cruise was a legit vacation away from our last vacation...which was mostly work) and some photos from the two Italy parks...

Excited to make #JewelOfTheSeas our home for the next 7 days!

Love this glass window looking straight down 11 decks!

Teaching Kristen how to play pool on @RoyalCaribbean #JewelofTheSeas self-leveling pool table!

I absolutely cannot complain about the view from my office today!

Sunset and more fun in Santorini!

Seeing what's left of #Athens history today. It's not much...

What I learned today: "Even the ancient Greeks had a penis fetish & were into amputee porn!" #MuseumsAreAwesome

For the last two days we've been visiting "Ancient Greece" and maybe it's that we are just jaded from all our travels but I found most of it to be about as interesting as "a pile of rocks."

Especially compared to other major historical places we've been: The Colosseum, Great Wall of China, Mexican pyramids, etc, even Stonehenge which is literally another "pile of rocks" but those places just had something actual to see and looked like how you would image them to be.

I get that these Greek places are older and there has been more damage, but there really isn't a lot to see and I'm not sure I could recommend it to be a place to put high on the priority list of things in the world to go see. I guess you could say I was pretty unimpressed.

So we totally just listened to #PopeFrancis speak in VaticanCity and we didn't instantly burst into flames! lol Religion achievement unlocked! This fills our "Jesus quota" for at least the next decade, right?

As someone who is fairly uninterested in "historical stuff" in the world, it was actually interesting to me to compare Italy & Greece back-to-back. I get that it's different time periods and different set of circumstances but Italy wins out in every way.

It was also nice to see all the restoration projects going on in Rome. While the Colosseum, for example, may not be 100% original, they do a good job of telling you which parts were original and what has been rebuilt.

I think I would have appreciated Greece a bit more had they rebuilt a lot of their history instead of leaving it as a pile of disgusting rubble. But it was also pretty clear to me even after only a few days that as a country, Greece is a complete mess while Italy at least seems to have some of their shit together.

Anyway, just my thoughts on things. Other people may not agree with me, but I also really don't care.

ps. And no I'm not biased because I'm Italian, I'm actually not even that big of a fan of Italy either, other than their pizza which kicks a lot of ass!

Today we caught a #Pokemon at the Colosseum in #Rome! Hows that for a cool #PokemonGo location?

We are here before the park opens to do some filming at Rainbow Magicland!

Beautiful birds eye view from the Flying Island ride!

Shock is sort of like the Italian version of Rip Ride Rockit, but with an awesome launch! To be honest, I prefer this ride.

There's not much to see at Cagliostro because it's an indoor spinning coaster in the dark!

The comparisons between ancient (still standing) Italian and Greek architecture....amazing. Thanks for all that, Robb. Italy is definitely 'it' for me then, heh. And Rainbow Magicland lookswonderful! So much theming, I see there. Very impressive.

And the "Jewel of The Seas"? Colour me sea green for seeing all that. That small floor window, looking down through all the levels of the ship looked beautiful,just to see it in your photo.

Love seeing some parks that I'm more familiar with ! Do you guys have any plans to check out the UK soon? Always interested to see an outside opinion of our parks, and was secretly hoping your Europe trip would have a UK add on

I desperately want to get to Germany... primarily to ride roller coasters! Sightseeing in Berlin, or other popular places is optional.

I really want to get to the UK... primarily to ride roller coasters! Sightseeing in London is definitely going to happen as well, but is secondary.

However, when it comes to Italy, I've wanted to go there simply for its beauty, and historical significance, and did I mention its beauty! I never realized they had any cool amusement parks or coasters there. Now that I see otherwise, I'm even MORE excited to get out to Italy someday, hopefully before too long!

Thanks for the TR, and photos! They were all very entertaining, and in some cases, informative!

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